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| Date: | Thursday 12 December 1929 |
| Time: | 17:30 |
| Type: | Dornier Do A Libelle II |
| Owner/operator: | Aerial Services Ltd |
| Registration: | ZK-ABI |
| MSN: | 101 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Sea off Milford Beach, Auckland -
 New Zealand
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Test |
| Departure airport: | Mechanics Bay |
| Mechanics Bay | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Witnesses saw the floatplane descending with the engine misfiring, before hearing a sound like a car backfiring. The aircraft then dipped a wing before spinning into the sea. Rescuers were quickly on the scene, but Pilot Captain Don Harkness and passenger Charles Goldsbro drowned in the accident.
Sources:
1. King, John (1995). Aviation Accidents and Disasters. New Zealand Tragedies. Wellington: Grantham House. pp. 195-197. ISBN 1 86934 042 6.
2. https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=12185272
3. http://www.histaviation.com/Dornier_Do_Libelle.html
Images:
Mechanics Bay, Auckland, 1929
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 16-Jun-2009 22:29 | XLerate | Added |
| 17-Jun-2009 16:43 | angels one five | Updated |
| 22-Aug-2009 02:23 | flyernzl | Updated |
| 29-May-2013 07:55 | angels one five | Updated [Aircraft type, Cn, Operator, Location, Departure airport, Destination airport, ] |
| 07-Jan-2019 16:58 | gerard57 | Updated [Time, Source, ] |
| 20-Jul-2020 19:44 | Ron Averes | Updated [Aircraft type, ] |
| 22-Sep-2021 01:59 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location, ] |
| 05-Feb-2022 23:01 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location, ] |
| 11-Feb-2022 20:04 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location, ] |
| 01-Jun-2022 23:48 | Ron Averes | Updated [Aircraft type, Source, ] |
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